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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIC ANN-IE L. BOONE, or SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

GAS-LIGHT SHIELD AND REFLECTOR.

SPECIEICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 381,323, dated April 17, 1888.

' Application filed April 3t), 1887. Serial No. 236,708. (No mo'lel.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, ANNIE L. BooNE,a citizen of the United States, residing at San Francisco, in the county of-San Francisco and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gas-Light Shields and Reflectors; and I do declare'the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such aswill enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesam, reference being had to the the same time serves as areflector; and it consists of a plate of metal or other suitable material from which project two rods orarms. The

outer extremities of these armsare formed so as to clasp the main gas-pipe of the chandelier or gas fixture, so that the shield or plate will be sustained in a position over the gas jet and can be swiveled around,so as to stand over either of the gas-jets, as desired.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1--represents a perspective view of my improved device attached to a chandelier, and Fig. 2 a detail perspective view thereof.

Let A represent the vertical gas-pipe which suspends a gas chandelier or fixture from the ceiling of a room, and b b the'gas jets or burners. r G is a plate of' metal or other suitable "material, which can be made of any desired size or shape. The one represented in the drawings is in the form of an artists pallette, al-

though I have made them in the shapeof a leaf, fan, or the shape of a human-=hand, so as to be ornamental. They can be fiat or dished, as desired. Projecting from this plate or shield are two wires, (1 e, which are firmly secured at one end to the shield by solder or otherwise,

both being secured to the shield at or near the and presses against the gas-pipe A below the rode, so that the weight of the plate 0 will cause the semicircular bearing of the rod d to press against the gas-pipe, while the hook of the rode encircles the rod, thus maintaining the plate 0 in a horizontal position over the gas-flame. be corrugated or plain, and it may be polished or not, as desired. around on the gas-pipe, soas to stand over either gas-burner, as the rods d earejust long enough to support the plate over either ofthem,

The under side of the plate 0 may The plate can be swiveled' and it may be adjusted up or down on the gaspipe to bring it closer to or farther from the gas-flame, as desired. It can be readily taken down and cleaned when necessary, and then replaced by simply hooking the upper rod around the pipe A and allowing the curved end of the lower rod to press against the pipe.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,

A gas shade or reflector composed of a reflecting-shield and two rods or wires, the rods or wires secured to theshield at or near the same point and projecting from the shield at an acute angle with each other, one of themterminating in a semicircular bearing and the other in a hook, substantially as described.

In testimony whereofI affix my signature in presence of two witnesses. I

ANNIE L. BOONE.

Witnesses:

EDWIN L. YEWELL, WM. F. HUNTEMANN. 

